my take is this -- because grand prix final is in canada. I think the canadians skaters have the edge

dance
1-2 would be davis/white or virture and moir with 1st going to virture /moir for it being in canada./being ogm medalist.

3rd places is a fight between the rest of them.
i can see it going to weaver/poje because of canadian. the cynic in me.
however if bobrova/soloviev, shibutanis, pechalat/bourzat can all take 3rd.

men
1) patrick chan
2/3 daisuke takashi or javier fernandez
with jeremy abbot, michal brezina, yuzuru hanyu rounding it out.
but anyone can take the medals.
how the men skate will determine the podumium.

women
1) mao asada
2) alissa czisny
3) caroline kostner,
why the pcs scores if they skate clean and to the i think they will medal. if the top 3 don't mess up their short program
4)elizaveta
5) akiko
6) alena
that can go in any order due to how the women skate.
but i think if the top 3 keep their technical content the pcs would be enough to stay in the podium
otherwise i can see elizaveta winning it due to the elder mistakes. after all elizaveta won the short in both sc and teb, and got overtaken in free due to pc scores, but elizaveta won due to people beating her by enough points in free.
after all in sc akik

my take is this -- because grand prix final is in canada. I think the canadians skaters have the edge

dance
1-2 would be davis/white or virture and moir with 1st going to virture /moir for it being in canada./being ogm medalist.

3rd places is a fight between the rest of them.i can see it going to weaver/poje because of canadian. the cynic in me.however if bobrova/soloviev, shibutanis, pechalat/bourzat can all take 3rd.

Hmmmm... So what you are saying is that there is no possible way that Weaver/Poje can earn a bronze medal with 2 great skates? If they win bronze, it's only because they are Canadian? And this is decided before the competition starts? Have we not just seen a whole lot of space devoted to PCS and CoP explanations?

I really think the Ladies Competition could be anyones game, Mao, Alissa, Carolina, Akiko, and Liza have had a greatvseason so far. Liza is exciting to watch,as great Tech Skill and well developing artistry. Mao is getting her jumps back and her long program is beautiful to watch. I am so happy for what Alyssa has accomplished these last 2 seasons she justs needs to let herself go and she could be a real spoiler. Carolina has beautiful and the judges seem to embrace her watered down tech content and it has worked for her thus far. I have enjoyed Akikos programsand think she looks her best yhis season. Good Luck to All of the Ladies!